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Nerves tightened throughout Israel and the occupied territories last week as government soldiers continued to battle crowds of enraged Palestinian protesters. The confrontation took an ominous turn when the 740,000 Arabs who are citizens of Israel joined their brethren in the occupied territories in a general strike. The United Nations Security Council registered its indignation by voting 14 to 0 to "strongly deplore" the Israeli tactics. The U.S., Israel's most loyal defender, abstained rather than veto the resolution, marking one of the few times the U.S. has failed to back Israel in the Security Council. What particularly upset...
...never been anything but occupied territory, in thrall for 500 years to the Ottoman Empire, then to Britain, then Egypt, now Israel. Approximately 28 miles long and five miles wide, Gaza teems with more than 600,000 Palestinians, nearly all of whom fare worse than their 800,000 brethren in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Wedged between Egypt and Israel, Gaza nonetheless appeared to harbor little of the rebellious anger that seethes in the Palestinian towns in the West Bank. But that is changing. Violent anti-Israel protests have rocked the territory over the past two months. Eight Palestinians, including...
Controversy is nothing new for Woodward. With ex-Post Colleague Carl Bernstein, he unraveled much of the Watergate scandal and later authored or co-authored juicy accounts of the inside workings of the Supreme Court (The Brethren) and the drug-related death of John Belushi (Wired). In familiar Woodward style, Veil reads as much like a novel as a work of journalism, with scenes, dialogue and characters' thoughts re-created. Woodward says he talked to more than 250 people, but his revelations are not directly attributed to specific sources. While this makes the book's credibility hard for a reader...
...since 1977. Over an entire decade of free enterprise, it has brought about the emancipation of a solitary St. Louis defensive back named Norm Thompson. No matter the player, pro football's unique partner-owners have been disinclined to fork over high draft choices for the rights to their brethren's superstar. It is probably fair to say that the owners have competed more strenuously against alien forces like the defunct United States Football League than against one another...
...rulers of Saudi Arabia, ordinarily loath to clash openly with Muslim brethren, have decided to take off the gloves. Their wrath is directed at the Iranian government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, whom the Saudis blame for last month's rioting in the holy city of Mecca in which 400 people were reported killed. In Jidda last week Prince Naif, the Saudi Interior Minister, held a rare press conference at which he charged that Iran had plotted a "conspiracy" in sending Shi'ite Muslim "criminal gangs" to Mecca to foment trouble against the Saudis...